'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

Why India must celebrate its 1971 victory

We celebrate Dassera and regard it as an auspicious day as a day of victory of good over evil!So was 16 December!It is time we regard this day as auspicious as Dassera in future, observes Colonel......

Fast-track court set up to try Hyderabad vet case

IMAGE: Students of Maharani college hold placards during a protest against the rape and murder of Hyderabad veterinary doctor and growing incidents of crime against women, in Bengaluru, on......

Coping with the heat in India's hottest city

Temperatures have soared to 50.3 degrees Celsius, but no deaths from the heat have been reported from Churu.Ritwik Sharma finds out how Churu's citizens keep cool in the unbearable heat. IMAGE: A......

Malls go all out to lure fashion brands

  In the wake of 2 years of low footfall, malls offer longer rent-free periods, long leases & capex on fit-outs To drive footfalls and attract brand value, mall developers across the country......

Textiles likely to achieve 7-8 per cent growth

Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said in Coimbatore on Tuesday that the government would try to achieve a 7-8 per cent growth in the industry during the current fiscal year, April......

India's rich get the personal touch

One evening not too long ago, India's top fashion designers, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, invited 35 members of the country's moneyed class over for dinner at their home in a posh suburb of Mumbai.......

How BPO staff can fight racial abuse

IT analyst Neelima Tirumalasetti's ordeal in the United States started when her company started outsourcing work to India. Fed up with her co-workers repeatedly calling her 'dirty Indian', and......

Alia-Ranbir At Radhika-Anant's Wedding

Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani wed at the Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex, north west Mumbai, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani captures star guests at......

RECAP 2023: Here's What We Learnt

2023 witnessed a one-of-a-kind phenomenon called Barbenheimer. RRR won an Oscar. Twitter became X. India *almost* won the Cricket World Cup. The world lost a dear Friend. Alia Bhatt wore her......

'I am done with acting'

'I am far better at cooking than I was at acting.' IMAGE: Rati Agnihotri in Tawaif. "I've cut out all negativity from my life," Rati Agnihotri tells Subhash K Jha. "I only hang around with the......

What Anupam Kher thinks of SRK and Aamir

A revealing excerpt from Anupam Kher's Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography. IMAGE: Anupam Kher flanked by Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.   Over the years, I have enjoyed......

ISL: Odisha beat Hyderabad for second win

IMAGE: Odisha FC players celebrate a goal during the ISL match against Hyderabad FC, in Pune, on Wednesday. Photograph: ISL A 10-man Odisha FC registered their second win of the season as they......

Missed chances cost England, says Eriksson

Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and captain David Beckham were ruing missed chances after England scrambled a late 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in Group B. Although Thursday's victory booked them into......